Program Overview

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Course overview

Our Mental Health Nursing (Pre-registration) MSc aims to prepare you for working in a dynamic and fast-changing health and social care system that has an impact on all of us.

Mental Health Nurses work with people across the lifespan and within a vast range of services including community, in-patient, primary care and specialist services such as Child and Young People’s Mental Health Services and Forensic Mental Health.

This accredited course aims to develop your knowledge of mental health, various disorders and innovative nursing care approaches.

It is designed to equip you with the knowledge and competence to understand the experiences of people with mental health problems and to assist and facilitate their journey to recovery.

The two-year postgraduate course leads to eligibility to register as a Mental Health Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (additional costs may apply).

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Global ready

An international outlook, with global opportunities

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Teaching excellence

Taught by lecturers who are experts in their field

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Employability

Career ready graduates, with the skills to succeed

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Why you should study this course

We all need good mental health and wellbeing' (Every Mind Matters 2019), and awareness of the importance of mental health is more prominent than ever before in schools, the workplace and society. This course is designed to help equip you with the hands-on clinical and care skills to prepare you to practise autonomously and compassionately, providing person-centred and compassionate care and support for service users to be physically safe and emotionally secure. A key element of this course is that all your placements will be relevant to mental health, we do not use ‘generic’ placements.

Mental health nursing is a values-based profession working with children, young people and adults of all ages with a variety of mental health problems and from numerous cultures and backgrounds. These specialist nurses are usually based in hospitals or work in the community, for example, in community services, in-patient facilities, specialist forensic mental health services, residential care and patients’ own homes.

This course offers graduates from a range of backgrounds the opportunity to enter the nursing profession in two years and is intended specifically to prepare you for a rewarding career where you can support people with their mental health. It is aimed at individuals with a prior undergraduate degree and experience of working in health and social care. Previous undergraduate degrees must be in health-related disciplines such as psychology, criminology or sociology degrees. As well as a healthcare-related BSc degree you must also be able to evidence some work experience in the clinical health and social care sector (at least 460 hours). This course also suitable for registered nurses (Adult, Children and Young People’s or Learning Disabilities fields) looking for dual qualification.

The Mental Health Nursing (Pre-registration) MSc is an innovative course designed to enhance your communication skills and develop a person-centred and empathetic approach to those with healthcare needs. This is complemented by research and evidence-informed practice and independent project work which is focused on and promotes service improvement.

Practice learning placements with local practice partners are integral and account for 50% of the course. These include shift and weekend working and some night duties and are organised by the university. Mental Health Nurses work in collaboration with the individual experiencing mental health issues and with a range of other health professionals to provide a multidisciplinary approach to person-centred care. You will be required to complete placements across four practice modules which may be in a variety of areas across a range of services including: community, in-patient, primary care and specialist services such as Child and Young People’s Mental Health Services and Forensic Mental Health.

You will study in the multi-million-pound Alison Gingell Building, which provides facilities

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for teaching and research, featuring an operating theatre, mock wards, critical care settings, community housing and other real life nursing environments relevant to practice.

Upon successful completion, in addition to eligibility for NMC registration, you will also graduate with a Chartered Management Institute (CMI)

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accredited qualification in Global Professional Development and have the opportunity to apply to become a member of the CMI.

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Accreditation & Professional Recognition

This course is accredited

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and recognised by the following bodies:

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Nursing and Midwifery Council

The course is currently fully accredited by the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for the 2022/23 intake and, providing you also meet the NMC requirements, on successful completion you will be eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (additional costs may apply).

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Chartered Management Institute (CMI)

As part of this course, you will undertake a professional development module which is currently accredited by the

Chartered Management Institute

(CMI) for the 2022-23 intake. Upon successful completion of the module, you will gain the CMI

Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

at no additional cost. Further details can be found under the modules tab and on the

Professional Development

module homepage.

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Nursing at Coventry University

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